The Sri Lankan second officer, Ravindu Lakmal Pieris Telge, fell overboard the Maersk containership Patras at approximately 9:30am and despite an extensive search and rescue operation his body has not yet been recovered.
Protests outside Australian Embassies and Consulates, corporate offices and on the waterfront called for a reinvigoration of Australia’s domestic shipping industry and urged Australian voters to change the government at the upcoming Australia federal election on May 18.
The ITF is campaigning against the poor conditions for seafarers on board ships owned by the German company Johann MK Blumenthal.
A Sri Lankan second officer on board the Maersk-owned, Singapore-flagged containership Patras fell overboard while undertaking dangerous lashing of containers on the vessel in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a warning for people to be aware of scam telephone calls from its number. When the call is answered, a computer-generated voice claims to be from the Australian Tax Office.
A court in Wilmington, Delaware has charged two Greek shipping companies and a chief engineer with the deliberate cover-up of pollution from the Nigeria-flagged oil tanker Evridiki.
Recent incidents reported to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) indicate that piracy and armed robbery continue to present threats to shipping and seafarers in many regions.
The Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) of maritime employers and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) strongly urge companies to ensure that they are in full compliance with the upcoming changes to the terms and conditions which will affect ships’ cargo handling operations in ports.
This is the latest instalment in one of most notorious cases of abandonment that the ITF has seen in years, and the third crew onboard the UAE-flagged tanker that have been successfully repatriated after being abandoned at sea by Alco Shipping Services.
